Careers in Social Networking

StumbleUpon - Job searching is actually a lot like using StumbleUpon. You often find yourself wandering around the Internet hoping that you happen upon something interesting.

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SCVNGR - If you check out SCVNGR's Rockstars page, you’ll see profiles of all of their employees along with job postings for positions in Software Development and Sales.

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Ustream - If you want to add to Ustream's expenses by joining their payroll, then you'll need to check out their Jobs page.

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BuzzFeed - If you love viral content, then you’ll want to check out jobs at BuzzFeed. Right now they’re looking for UI Developers and Perl Developers

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Lolapps - Lolapps is in great position to be a leader in the space. If you’d like to join them, then you should check out their Jobs page.

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Wildfire Interactive - Wildfire is a Palo Alto based company that helps brands run sweepstakes, contests, and give-aways via social networks, and they're hiring.

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SocialShield - SocialShield doesn’t have a Jobs page posted yet, but their About page says that they're always looking for top talent.

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Watercooler - Watercooler has already raised $9.5 million in venture capital, so they’re certainly in a growth stage. This is also evident when you look at their Jobs page.

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BigDoor Media - BigDoor Media doesn't even have a Jobs page yet, but with $5 million in new funding, they’re almost certainly going to be hiring soon.

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Aol - I decided to hit up Aol’s Career site and look through their job openings. I was shocked to see that Aol currently has 749 vacancies!

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Buddy Media - Buddy Media has taken a fragmented process—building a social media strategy—and put it all in one place, and they're hiring.

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Quirky - There's something for everyone, so if you love cool products and crowdsourcing, Quirky cold be a pretty cool place to work.

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Swipely - You should check out jobs at Swipely. With the $7.5 million in financing they’re looking to add fresh talent to their team of industry veterans.

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Union Square Ventures - Typically Venture Capital is an extremely difficult field to break into, but I just got word that Union Square Ventures is hiring, so I'm sharing it with you.

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PatientsLikeMe - If you have experience managing online communities and an interes/background in medicine/healthcare, then it’d be hard to find a better fit than PatientsLikeMe.

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Blippy - Blippy is still in its early stages, so they aren’t very specific on their Jobs page. You'll have to reach out to them and tell them where you can add value.

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Communispace - The most suitable positions at Communispace for new grads are Associate Community Manager and Sales Operations Associate.

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Zinch - Zinch is growing and hiring. If you check out their Jobs page, you’ll see they're looking for people in a number of positions to work in their San Fran office.

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LinkedIn - Maybe you’ll do something similar by landing a job at a job-search focused company like Mountain View, CA based LinkedIn.

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WeTheCitizens - WeTheCitizens wants "smart, web-savvy college graduates looking to jump in and start making a difference in a small, fast-growing internet startup.”

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Experience Project - Experience Project has opportunities available in Business Development & Sales, Product Marketing, Product/Web Development, and Marketing/Community Management.

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Bozell - It seems that Bozell is open to accepting unsolicited résumés, as they post the e-mail address for their Managing Principal on their Careers page.

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Slide - Slide is very clearly growing, and as I mentioned in the opening of this post, they’re hiring a lot of new grads.

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ZooLoo - ZooLoo doesn't get specific about which positions are open, but a look at LinkedIn shows potential in Marketing, PR, Social Media, and Software Development.

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Oceana - If you love the oceans as much as I do, you might want to consider jobs at Oceana—they have a couple of opportunities that seem suitable for recent grads.

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Do Something - Do Something is a New York, NY based non-profit that focuses on encouraging teenagers to take positive ideas and turn them into action.

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Slickdeals - Even though Slickdeals is all about being cheap and frugal, they appear to be willing to spend some of their profits on hiring top talent.

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HotChalk - HotChalk is an educational startup in Campbell, CA that provides online learning management systems for free and they're targeting more than just teachers.

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JamLegend - If you’re a music loving video game junkie who is fascinated by the social web, then you really couldn’t find a better fit than JamLegend.

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IMRE - IMRE, a full-service agency, has two entry-level openings right now: a WOM (Word of Mouth) Associate Account Executive and another Associate Account Executive.

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WooMe - WooMe is an online service that allows you to meet new people through a 60 second video chat and woo them. See if you can woo WooMe and land an entry level job.

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Murphy-Goode Winery - Murphy-Goode Winery, is looking for “someone (maybe you) who really knows how to use Web 2.0 to tell the world about our wines and the place where we live.”

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Raptr - If you’re excited about both video games and social networking, then you might also want to check out Raptr’s Job Opportunities.

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OMGPOP - OMGPOP is a social gaming site that is looking for a Community Manager / Director of Social Media, a SEO Guru, and an E-commerce / Virtual Goods Manager.

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Meetup - Current entry level jobs at Meetup include Software Engineer, User Interface Engineers, Quality Assurance Engineers, and Bilingual Customer Service Specialists.

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Plaxo - Plaxo’s Jobs page shows a number of opportunities, and a couple of them look perfect for entry level candidates.

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Ferrazzi Greenlight - Ferrazzi Greenlight’s Jobs page doesn’t appear to list specific job openings, but they welcome cold calling.

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Mashable - So, Mashable is looking for a Day Time Social Media Blogger. They want someone who can write, meet deadlines, and is passionate about the web and social media.

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myYearbook - myYearbook has four job openings posted on CareerBuilder right now, yet they don’t even have a Jobs section on their site.

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Causecast - Causecast is a Santa Monica, CA based nonprofit that offers a complete corporate philanthropy platform for employee volunteerism and charity fundraising.

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Swift Kick - Swift Kick just announced that they’re hiring. Their team is small, so the position is only part-time as an independent contractor, but it sounds really cool.

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Meebo - Whether you’ve been coding since you were 7, have an amazing eye for what works, or know how to sell, there’s a job that you’ll probably love doing at Meebo.

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Zynga - Zynga currently has a number of jobs in their San Francisco, CA office that might be well suited to new college graduates who love online gaming.

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Twitter - Twitter currently has four opportunities in their San Francisco office listed on their Jobs page - three of which might be appropriate for new college grads.

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YardBarker - YardBarker, based in San Francisco, California, is a blog and social network for sports fans and athletes.

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Facebook - If you want to work in a cool office environment and a leadership team made up of 20-somethings, it doesn't get any better than Facebook, based in Menlo Park, CA.

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Ning - Ning, based in Palo Alto, provides a brilliant platform for you to create your own social network so you can keep business social networks separate from personal.

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